This summer, I'm reading The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons at the recommendation of my 16-year-old. While I would never use this wi...

    This week I had the pleasure of talking about close reading and textual analysis with some of my colleagues. It's been a topic that ...

"What do you have for making inferences?" When I read this question, coming just at the end of school, I knew that I needed to c...

The clock is counting down to the end of the school year! When the smell of honeysuckle floats through the air and the sounds of "Slap ...

I love writing short expository texts, and I love sharing the texts that I create with other teachers.  But I can't deny that there is...

    First of all, let me just say that I love graphic novels. This year, the books of Kazu Kibuishi, Ben Hatke, Michael Rex, and Raina Telge...

    What kid doesn't love learning about animal adaptations? In this age of Wild Kratts and Nat Geo Wild , it seems as if students know...